KOSPI soars

A financial data screen in the dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul on April 14, 2026, shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index having logged an intraday high of 5,960.00, up 2.61 percent from the previous session, in early trading. South Korean stocks opened higher, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street on revived hopes for peace talks after a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. (Yonhap)

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